74 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Biron. This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas, 
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act v. Scene 2. 
BEANS. 
2 d Carrier . Peas and beans are as dank here as a 
dog, 
King Henry IV., Part I. Act ii. Scene 1. 
FLAX. 
Sir Toby. Then hads’t thou had an excellent head 
of hair. 
it hangs like flax on a distaff; 
Twelfth Night, Act i. Scene 3. 
3d Servant. . . . I’ll fetch some flax, and 
whites of eggs, 
To apply to his bleeding face. 
King Lear, Act iii. Scene 7. 
RICE. 
Clown. . . . rice .—What will this sister of 
mine do with rice ? 
Winter’s Tale, Act iv. Scene 2. 
HEMP. 
Hostess. Good people, bring a rescue. Thou wilt 
not ? thou wilt not ? do, do, thou rogue ! do, thou 
hemp-seed ! 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act ii. Scene 1. 
